At one point firefighters were pumping upwards of 3,500 gallons of water per minute asthey battled a raging fire Sunday afternoon at Reel & Sons Feed & Grain, located at the intersectionof Central Avenue and William Street in downtown Worthington.

Worthington-Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department personnel were the first onthe scene, arriving within two minutes of the initial 1:20 p.m. emergency call for assistanceto find the several-story wooden structure fully engulfed in flames.

WJTVFD trucks and a tanker were quickly followed by trucks and firefighters from theBloomfield Fire Department, Jasonville Fire Department and Highland Township Fire Department,as well as personnel from the Worthington Police Department and Greene CountySheriff's Department.

The business, identified as the last known grain mill in Greene County and located aboutfive miles south of the Owen-Greene county line, was a total loss. The cause of the fire remainsunknown. (Staff Photo by Travis Curry)